His promptness proved that he was angry.
Four-Pools is about two miles from the village of Lambert Corners which consists of a single shady square.

Two sides of the square are taken up with shops, the other two with the school, a couple of churches, and a dozen or so of dwellings.

This composes as much of the town as is visible, the aristocracy being scattered over the outlying plantations, and regarding the "Corners" merely as a source of mail and drinks.

Three miles farther down the pike lies Kennisburg, the county seat, which answers the varied purposes of a metropolis.
I reined in before "Miller's place," a spacious structure comprising a general store on the right, the post and telegraph office on the left, and in the rear a commodious room where a white man may quench his thirst.

A negro must pass on to "Jake's place," two doors below.